Writing (AFP).- An Israeli was seriously wounded by a gunshot, in Huwara, a Palestinian town in the north of the West Bank, while Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were taking place in Egypt to appease the tensions that have caused hundreds of deaths this year.
Gathered in the Charm el Sheikh seaside resort, Israeli, Palestinian, American, Egyptian and Jordanian political and military leaders ratified their commitments to Aqaba, Jordan, where they already met in January.
The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority reiterated that they want to “stop the unilateral measures” for a period of three to six months, according to a statement distributed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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These unilateral measures, denounced by the international community, are the expansion of Jewish colonization in the West Bank. The HIM considers it illegal under international law.
According to the statement, Israel pledges to “cease addressing the issue of installing new settlement units for four months. And not legalize wild communes »for six months.
A new meeting will be held in April in Egypt, according to Egyptian diplomacy.
A dialogue is necessary
An Israeli official added, on condition of anonymity, that it is necessary to establish “a dialogue” to reach “eventual agreements on unilateral measures.”
In Hawara, an Israeli was seriously injured on Sunday, Magen David Adom (Mada), the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.
In a statement, the Israeli army said that “a terrorist opened fire on an Israeli vehicle, hitting one of the two civilians” in the car, before he was wounded by soldiers’ fire and captured.
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Without claiming responsibility for the attack, Hamas and Islamic Jihad described it in separate statements as a “normal response to the crimes of the Israeli occupation.”
The two Palestinian movements expressed their opposition to the conversations on Sunday, seeking to restore calm a few days before the start of Ramadan.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has experienced a new spiral of violence since the beginning of the year, especially in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
